Dave,
The plane that you reference is Ser. #44-83942 MACR #14999. I've visited with Ron Fusco about it in the past. My half brother is Sgt. Myrick's ( the flight engineer) son. Records show it spelled Myrich but it was Orval N. Myrick (everyone called him Mike) he was KIA prior to my brother's birth. I have more if you'd like me to e-mail it to you. He is buried in the Old Odessa Cemetary here in Odessa, Texas.

I am most interested in this MACR! My uncle, Frank T. Williams, Jr., was aboard - I believe he was the tail gunner. If you can any more info on this, I would be most interested. I have photographs of the crew and plane and could post them ... You can contact me on this forum or by email at: clint at goss dot com.

I think the wreckage is from my uncle's plane that crashed into the side of Mt. Tapochao on May 5, 1945. Aircraft 42-94060. All perished. If anyone has any additional information or pictures from the wreckage, please contact me.

I don't know if anyones still in this discussion but I'll take a chance. I am a nurse at the V.A. I have the privilege of working with the few remaining WWII Veterans--one of which is the last remaining B29 tailgunner known. I've spoken with him at length multiple times, totally amazed by his tails of battle and heroism. He has told me several times, insisted, that there was a plan that plunged over the cliff in Saipan.., because the 'dumb asses didn't put the landing gear down". This really bothers him because he says they were supposed to fly it back to Washington DC soon after this happened. I think he refers to it as 'the Marianna Gay'. I have googled, searched, can't find anything directly related. I have no doubt of his story but I'd like to find out more. I've spent hours going thru his photos and memorabilia--truly amazing stuff.
Anyone have any info about this?

I have the crash report and the plane crashed on the way back from a bombing run when it diverted to Saipan due to bad weather at their Guam home base on May 5, 1945. There are some blurry images of the crash site but you can definitely tell it was on the sde of the mountain.

I'm curious how they determined the plane remains are from the August 1945 crash as opposed to the May 1945 crash?

If anyone has found any part serial numbers or other identifying markers, I would be so very grateful if you could share the information.

I have been able to obtain a video from the National Archives of the aftermath of the May 5, 1945 crash of #42-94060 on Mt. Topachau. I believe the landing gear shown in the video looks very much like the gear shown on this site from a group photo taken in 2004. The machine gun shown in the video may also be a match. Please watch and let me know your thoughts. I invite others to post pictures of the current wreckage for comparison.